Does the iMac Ship in its' Original Box?

When you order an iMac online from the Apple Store, do they ship it in the original box or do they put the iMac box in another box?
Do you have to sign for the package? Can you instruct Apple to have the delivery company hold the package at the depot rather than try to deliver it when you know you won't be home?
Thanks
Kelvin

Both my iMac and MacBook came in a clearly marked box leving to doubt as to what is inside of it. Not good for security, but Apple does require a signature for larger items to be released. If no one is home to receive it, they will leave a notice and you can either arrange for another delivery or pick it up at the depot.

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As I remember, I heard from someone on the Final Cut Express Discussions that some people might be having difficulty with FCE 4 on Lion, but I am a bit hazy. Its bigger brother, Final Cut Pro, is also available. I suggest that you post on the Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro Discussion sites. They have many reliable users.

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Apple's XProtect would be nice, but the problem with XProtect is that it seems Apple isn't really devoting all that much in the way of resources to it and its definitions are updated only sporadically, often only after some form of malware becomes prevalent. Of course that doesn't mean that a commercial AV, like Intego, or a free, highly rated AV like Sophos will necessarily have definitions for that malware, but since, unlike Apple, that's their only business, it's likely that they won't allow something to stay in the wild without any definitions, as Apple may do, for very long.
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I would like to start a thread about the iMac G5 and heat. I found a few old threads, but I would like to bring that topic up again.
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First time, in November 2005, the screen went pink. Second time, earlier this month, my Mac didn't boot anymore.
The full amount for the repair (including shipping to Apple (Belgium), work hours, etc.) was over 500.00 euro (about 700 USD for you, Americans).
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My second PC, an old (modded) HP Vectra, with an Intel P4 at 1.6 GHz and a 80 Gb Seagate Barracuda, gives as average temperature (HD only):
HD: 37° C (98° F)
It may not be correct to compare my iMac with PC's - but harddisks are harddisks, wheather it is a Western Digital (250 HD in my Mac) or a Seagate (PC HD's), and it is only logical that a(n average) HD temperature of 57 degrees Celsius (128° F) in the long term can not be healthy, while the harddisks of my PC's are a lot, lot cooler.
The PPC, too, gets much hotter than my Athlon CPU (and the P4 most likely too).
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Both the times that my iMac was defective, the Logicboard was replaced.
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Basically we have a desktop computer constructed like a laptop, with all the hardware stuffed together in a very tight space. Why did they not keep the heat issue more in mind, when the iMac G5 was designed?
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I boot both zones.. and one starts "/usr/local/samba/smbd -D -f /etc/smb.conf", and the other starts (or tries to) "/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd -D".
I inspected the manifest xmls for the network/samba service, and in both zones the entry lists /usr/sfw as start method.I take it you mean the full path with /usr/sfw in it, not "/usr/sfw" all by itself....
What do you get for:
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Where did the one zone get the info to start the /usr/local samba installation, and where did it get the (correct) conf file parameter?I can only assume that some program inserted that string into the service. As you said, it's not in the manifest, so it didn't come from there.
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rant Did we really need to get this svc "feature"? Until now I have seen no advantage from it, and only incurred a huge load of inconvenience,
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